Virology Seminars.

Spring 2023

February 24, 2023
Andrew Broadbent
University of Maryland
RNA virus replication and pathogenesis.
https://agnr.umd.edu/about/directory/andrew-broadbent

March 3, 2023
Rohit Jangra
Louisiana State University Health
https://jangralab.org/

March 10, 2023
Siyuan Ding
Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
Rotavirus and SARS CoV-2 replication and disease, particularly in the GI tract
https://sdinglab.wustl.edu/

March 17, 2023
Susan Hafenstein
Penn State University
Viral structures, functions and receptor and antibody binding
http://php.scripts.psu.edu/dept/hafenstein/index.php

Fall 2022

October 19, 2022
Craig Cameron
Antiviral therapy: towards the personal and precise.

October 14, 2022
Anthony Nicola
Entry pathways of herpesviruses into cells.

September 23, 2022
Sarah Caddy
Maternal and Non-Neutralizing Antibodies.

September 16, 2022
Jennifer Gemmerman
Autoimmunity and SARS CoV-2 antibodies.

September 1, 2022
Marta Schoenle
SARS CoV-2 – Characterizing vaccine and infection-induced vaccine immune responses.

September 1, 2022
Robert Lopez-Astacio
Viral capsid, antibody and receptor interactions: experimental analysis of antibody escape evolution of canine parvovirus.

Spring 2022

February 11th, 2022
Regulation of Herpesvirus Transcription during Productive and Latent Infection
Joel Baines, Ph.D.
James Law Professor of Virology, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine

 

 

February 4th, 2022
The Battle of Leuven against SARS-CoV-2 and Dengue
Johan Neyts, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)

 

September 10th, 2021
Tracking of Novel SARS-CoV-2 Lineages through Wastewater Surveillance
Marc Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine

 

August 24th, 2021
Repurposing Cellular RNA Polymerase II during Herpes Simplex Virus Latent and Productive Infection
Joel Baines, Ph.D.
Dean of Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine (Emeritus), James Law Professor (Emeritus), Cornell University

April 30th, 2019
How Gut Microbes Enhance Enteric Virus Infection.
Julie Pfeiffer, Ph.D.
Kern and Marnie Wildenthal President’s Research Council Professor in Medical Sciences.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Lab web pages.

 

April 23, 2019
Viral control of prosurvival and prodeath signaling
Dr. Pranav Danthi, Ph.D.
Associate professor of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Lab web pages.

April 16th, 2019
It takes more than one methyl group to modulate positive-sense RNA virus genomes
Cara Pager, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Albany
Lab web pages.

April 12, 2019
Viral infections during pregnancy and the fourth trimester.
Carolyn Coyne, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Director, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Lab web pages.

March 26th, 2019
Unraveling and inhibiting cell entry mechanisms of emerging RNA viruses.
Kartik Chandran, Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
Lab web pages.

March 22nd, 2019
Tick determinants of Powassan virus transmission
Saravanan Thangamani, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Center for Environmental Health and Medicine
Director, Vector Biology Laboratories
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Lab web pages (at University of Texas, Medical Branch)